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dipping one's pen in someone's inkwell

dipping one's pen in someone's inkwell is the present participle and gerund of dip one's pen in someone's inkwell.

Meaning of dip one's pen in someone's inkwell

Verb

dip one's pen in someone's inkwell (third-person singular simple present dips one's pen in someone's inkwell, present participle dipping one's pen in someone's inkwell, simple past and past participle dipped one's pen in someone's inkwell)

  1. (euphemistic) To have sex with (someone).
    • Pretty much everyone who dropped by Alaska dipped their pen in my ancestors' inkwell, from the Russians on down.2002, Dana Stabenow, A Fine and Bitter Snow, →ISBN, page 190

Questions about dipping one's pen in someone's inkwell

What is dipping one's pen in someone's inkwell the present participle and gerund of?
Dipping one's pen in someone's inkwell is the present participle and gerund of dip one's pen in someone's inkwell.

Words near dipping one's pen in someone's inkwell in the dictionary

  1. dipping bird
  2. dipping into
  3. dipping needle
  4. dipping needles
  5. dipping one's finger in
  6. dipping one's pen in someone's inkwell
  7. dipping one's toe in
  8. dipping one's toe in the water
  9. dipping one's wick
  10. dipping out
  11. dipping sauce

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